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Man Utd, Liverpool & Arsenal set for United States pre-season friendlies against each other

Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal are all heading to the United States for pre-season ahead of the 2024/25 campaign, with the Premier League giants all set to face each other in a string of high profile summer friendlies.

America has been a common destination for leading European clubs in recent years, with Real Madrid and Barcelona also hosting informal Clasico games in each of the last two summers. Other smaller Premier League clubs like Aston Villa and Brentford have been involved in well received pre-season games in the country, where the appetite for European ‘soccer’ is enormous as part of last year’s inaugural Premier League Summer Series eventually won by Chelsea.

Details about the summer of 2024 are yet to be released, but United and Arsenal played each in front of more than 80,000 people at the MetLife Stadium near New York last July.

United also faced Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund and Wrexham during their tour, while Arsenal were invited as the opponent for the annual MLS All-Star game at the same venue and then later played Barcelona in Los Angeles.

Man Utd and Arsenal played at the MetLife Stadium in 2023Man Utd and Arsenal played at the MetLife Stadium in 2023

Man Utd and Arsenal played at the MetLife Stadium in 2023 / Howard Smith/ISI Photos/GettyImages

Liverpool played a pair of friendlies in south east Asia last summer, facing Leicester City and Bayern Munich in Singapore and 2024 will mark their first pre-season in the United States since 2019. It is also going to be their first without Jurgen Klopp in nine years following his recent announcement.

This year will be the first time all three have been in the United States in one summer since 2014.

All three Premier League clubs are majority-owned by American entities. Even with Sir Jim Ratcliffe recently buying 25% and taking over sporting operations, the Glazer family still retain 75% majority ownership of United, while Stan Kroenke’s firm owns Arsenal and Liverpool have been controlled by Fenway Sports Group since 2010. Each owner also runs at least one other American sports team.

The Athletic has reported that Chelsea, another American-owned club, and Manchester City are also set to spend the summer of 2024 stateside and are in talks about playing a game against each other.

Club

Year

Opponents

Man Utd

2023

Arsenal, Wrexham, Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund

Arsenal

2023

MLS All-Stars, Man Utd, Barcelona

Arsenal

2022

Everton, Orlando City, Chelsea

Liverpool

2019

Borussia Dortmund, Sevilla, Sporting CP

Arsenal

2019

Colorado Rapids, Bayern Munich, Fiorentina, Real Madrid

Man Utd

2018

Club America, San Jose Earthquakes, AC Milan, Liverpool, Real Madrid

Liverpool

2018

Borussia Dortmund, Man City, Man Utd

Man Utd

2017

La Galaxy, Real Salt Lake, Man City, Real Madrid, Barcelona

Liverpool

2016

Chelsea, AC Milan, Roma

Arsenal

2016

Guadalajara, MLS All-Stars

Man Utd

2015

Club America, San Jose Earthquakes, Barcelona, PSG

Man Utd

2014

LA Galaxy, Roma, Inter, Real Madrid, Liverpool

Liverpool

2014

Roma, Olympiacos, Man City, AC Milan, Man Utd

Arsenal

2014

New York Red Bulls

Liverpool

2012

Roma, Tottenham

Man Utd

2011

New England Revolution, Seattle Sounders, Chicago Fire, MLS All-Stars, Barcelona

Man Utd

2010

Philadelphia Union, Kansas City Wizards, MLS All-Stars

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